Low severity3.3NVD Advisory· Published Oct 21, 2025· Updated Apr 29, 2026
CVE-2022-4981
CVE-2022-4981
Description
A vulnerability was detected in DCMTK up to 3.6.7. The impacted element is the function DcmQueryRetrieveConfig::readPeerList of the file /dcmqrcnf.cc of the component dcmqrscp. The manipulation results in null pointer dereference. The attack needs to be approached locally. The exploit is now public and may be used. Upgrading to version 3.6.8 is sufficient to resolve this issue. The patch is identified as 957fb31e5. Upgrading the affected component is advised.
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6- shimo.im/docs/e1Azd4dDQXUgOGqW/nvdExploitThird Party Advisory
- shimo.im/docs/e1Azd4dDQXUgOGqW/readnvdExploitThird Party Advisory
- support.dcmtk.org/redmine/issues/1026nvdExploitIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
- vuldb.comnvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- vuldb.comnvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- vuldb.comnvdPermissions RequiredVDB Entry
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